Balantidiasis
Billable / specific
A07.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.
Inclusion terms
Applicable to
- Balantidial dysentery
Includes (from A07)
- diseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissible
Excludes2
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
- carrier or suspected carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-) (from A07)
- certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters (from A07)
- infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O98.-) (from A07)
- infectious and parasitic diseases specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39) (from A07)
- influenza and other acute respiratory infections (J00-J22) (from A07)
Use additional code
Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.
Also known as
- Balantidial dysentery
- Anemia, Balantidium coli
- Balantidiasis, balantidiosis
- Colitis, balantidial
- Diarrhea, diarrheal, balantidial
- Dysentery, dysenteric, balantidial
- Dysentery, dysenteric, Balantidium coli
- Infection, infected, infective, Balantidium coli
- Infestation, Balantidium coli
Parent code
- A07Other protozoal intestinal diseasesHeader